Part of what makes A Plague Tale: Innocence an intriguing project is its bleak setting. The game takes places in a very dark period during the middle ages when France is falling prey to both war and disease. In this new dev diary, Asobo Studio speaks about its choice of setting -- the team wanted to find a time not often explored in games.
The developers go on to talk about their attempts to capture the middle ages as accurately as possible, and it seems to have done a good job; the game world looks suitably mucky. In terms of art style, the studio turned to 16th century painters like Claude Lorrain to try and capture a similar feel with the game's lighting.
It's looking rather promising, but what do you think? Are you excited to play A Plague Tale: Innocence when it releases in May? Watch out for rats in the comments below.
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Just pre-ordered this, Looking good so far
Very beautiful game so far. Amicia does look a lot like Aloy imho.
It sure does look pretty, despite its bleak setting. It reminds me so much of Velen from The Witcher 3.
I'm in. Maybe not day one but I'm in.
Hope it plays as well as it looks. Itβs definitely on my radar.
Silly question maybe is this digital only? I really like the look of the game. ππ
What's weird is we associate uncleanliness and lack of hygeine with the Middle Ages...but man they loved their baths. Seriously. The Middle Ages was very into hygeine, maybe even to a fault. It was only really after the Black Death in the 14th century that people started believing that over-cleanliness was a cause of disease and things got a little bit... muckier. I mean, obviously this game is focused on a tough and dirty time in history, so it makes sense here, but it's still an oft used trope - the past was dirty, the present is clean.
@Flaming_Kaiser No, they confirmed it's releasing physically as well.
@jFug That's good to know!
@jFug Thanks you made my day and here is a special dance for you.
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@Flaming_Kaiser That's me when I get sent home from work! π
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